78 VIOLET FAMILY. 



" Violets, sweet tenants of the shade, 

 In purple's richest pride array 'd, 



Your errand here fulfil : 

 Go, bid the artist's simple stain 

 Your lustre imitate, in vain, 



And match your Maker's skill." CLARE. 



We shall find that the pretty Heartsease resembles 

 the Violet in many of these curious particulars ; and 

 some authors say that it has a portion of its sweet 

 scent too. If you wish to find the flowers in their 

 greatest beauty, when the upper petals are purple, or 

 partially so, search the corn-fields for them, as early 

 as April or the beginning of May. For very soon 

 after the plants begin to flower, they only bear yelloiu 

 flowers, and these become smaller and paler, as the 

 summer advances, till at length, the petals are shorter 

 than the Calyx, and not spreading, as in the early 

 season. The Heartsease in its early bloom, is one of the 

 prettiest flowers of rich tints and texture that we have. 



" Can all your tapestries or your pictures show, 

 More beauties than in herbs and flowers grow." 



" The most brilliant purples of the artist, appear dull 

 when compared to that of the Pansy. Our richest 

 satins and velvets are coarse and unsightly by a com- 



